The Prophets - First Episode

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2013

Alongside the celebrated Māori leaders and warriors of our history, there exists another group of remarkable men and women; they were visionary and courageous and led Māori through times of massive upheaval in Aotearoa … do their words still have impact today; will they guide us tomorrow?
– Presenter Hirini Kaa

History is woven with the stories of individuals who rise in times of crisis ... from Moses to Gandhi, from Sitting Bull to Martin Luther King and — here in Aotearoa — from Te Kooti to Rātana, these are men and women of every tribe and faith who we call prophets.
– Presenter Hirini Kaa

The bible, at the end of the day, is a record of the oral tradition of a people. Another language for sure, another people, another time...but it’s born of an indigenous context; it’s born from a people that were closely connected to their human condition and their land, and to their experience of the divine...
– Reverend Don Tamihere